Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Chapter 1019
At midnight that night, Shadow and Shen Yue met in a remote and deserted place.Shadow reported to Shen Yu in a low voice.

"Lengjia Village has been saved, but Jiang Wenwen plans to send people to fish the body out of the river and personally try the case of Magistrate Jia's manslaughter of 'Princess Night', so that he can seek justice for the 'Princess Night' who died, and then he can appeal to the King of Night Your Highness invites you for credit and reward."

Shen Yue couldn't help but smile after hearing this.

A trace of worry appeared on Shadow's face.

"If the bodies of those three people were recovered, wouldn't they be in trouble?"

The corpses were those of three men, and the disguise on their faces must have revealed their true colors once they were soaked in the water. One look at them and they knew they were not Princess Ye.

Saying this might alarm Jiang Wenshu.

It didn't matter that he alerted Jiang Wenwen. Killing him was just one thing. The most important thing was that he didn't want to alert the one hiding in the capital.

So Shadow's worries are not unreasonable.

Shen Yuyu was calm, and said with a smile: "Sister Jiang has already been poisoned by Sister Jiang in the corpses of those three people. One day and one night is enough to eliminate their corpses."
"That's good." Shadow breathed a sigh of relief and quickly raised his head, "If Jiang Wenwen cannot find the body of "Princess Ye", then this case will not be tried. What does the princess think he will do?"
Shen Yuyu replied: "If he is not stupid, he will pretend to know nothing and leave Zongyang County."

After all, Princess Ye's body was not found in the capital, so what's the point of interrogating her?
"That's good, as it won't alarm him." Shadow nodded, then thought of something again, and cast an inquiring gaze at Shen Yue, "If that's the case, wouldn't my subordinates have to follow him and leave Zongyang County?"
"That's right." Shen Yuyu narrowed his eyes slightly, "Not only must we follow him out of Zongyang County, but we must also follow him to Beijing to report on his work, and lurk beside him to find out his background in the court."

"This~~ subordinate's duty is to protect the princess personally." Shadow was worried and embarrassed.

Protecting the princess and uncovering the evil lurking in the court were both important, and he didn't know how to choose.

"Listen to me and follow Jiang Wenwen." Shen Yuyu said with a determined look and looked around. "Come with me right away. I will teach you the art of disguise, so that you will be safe."

Seeing that Yingying looked worried and wanted to say something, Shen Yue quickly added another sentence.

"I know kung fu, and Jiang Yuyu knows voodoo, which is enough to deal with any problem. Besides, Ah Xun left Beijing yesterday to pick me up. There won't be any problems. Just go ahead and go."

"Yes, Princess." After hearing this, Shadow was completely relieved and followed Shen Yuyu into Master Yang's residence.

During these days, Yingying often watched Shen Yuyu disguise Jiang Yuyu. Under his influence, he mastered the disguise technique extremely quickly.

When it was almost dawn, he left "Master Yang's" residence without any flaws, with a striking scar on his head.

Of course, this makeup was done by himself. Even if he stood under Jiang Wenshen's eyes, Jiang Wenshu couldn't tell whether it was real or fake.

Early the next morning, Jiang Wenwen sent people to search everywhere in the river, but unfortunately they couldn't find the body of 'Princess Night'.

Shadow looked at the wide river and faced Jiang Wen said, "This river is deep and wide. Maybe there is a big fish in the river, and the body has already been swallowed into the belly of the fish."

Jiang Wenwen pinched his pointed chin, with a hint of unwillingness in his eyes.

Although he felt that what 'Scar' said was most likely true, he still ordered his men to continue salvaging.

He didn't give up until it was almost dark, cursed a few words and led the others away.

"I wanted to redress Princess Ye's grievance. It seems that God thinks that she died unjustly. I don't care about this matter anymore and go to Beijing to report on my work."

After all, he can't be implicated. Princess Ye was accidentally killed by Magistrate Jia. This is also the case when King Ye comes to investigate. No matter how angry he is, he can only vent his hatred by destroying Magistrate Jia's nine tribes, right?
While cursing, Jiang Wenwen got into his official car and left Zongyang County.

On the county government side, Shen Yuyu, who pretended to be Master Yang, handled the matter of Magistrate Jia's hanging and suicide in order to allow Jiang Wenwen to go to Beijing with peace of mind and take office.

She did not declare anything about "Princess of the Night", but posted a notice saying that Magistrate Jia executed three clerks from Tianxia Trading Company. Worried about the scandal, he hanged himself under pressure.

The news reached Jiang Wenwen's ears, and Jiang Wenwen trusted "Master Yang" more and more, and safely handed over the matter of Princess Ye's death in Zongyang County to Master Yang to handle.

After all, Master Yang’s parents and children are in his hands, so there is no reason for Master Yang not to obey his advice.

After Jiang Wenwen returned to Texas to clean up his affairs, he happily went to Beijing to take up his appointment with his appointment documents.

As for Shen Yuyu and Jiang Yuyu, they resigned and left just two days after Jiang Wenwen left.

Jiang Wenwen is heading to the capital, and he will not get this news for a while.

Even if he gets the news, he will only think that Master Yang is greedy for life and afraid of death, abandoning his parents and children and running for his life, but it will not make him suspect anything else.

After leaving Zongyang County, Shen Yuyu and Jiang Yuyu rode horses and continued to the capital.

We are not taking the official road, we continue to take the small road.

At first we had to climb over mountains and ridges, but gradually the terrain opened up and entered the plains.

"Cousin, what are you growing over there? It's so lush!"

Jiang Yuyu asked strangely, pointing to the endless green plants in front of him.

The large leaves of those plants are green and almost half a foot high, creating waves of endless green waves.

"It should be a cotton tree." Shen Yuyu said after taking a closer look.

She remembered that cotton was grown as an ornamental flower before being used to make quilts and clothing. She did not expect that the value of cotton in the Great Zhou Kingdom was so broad.

"Cotton tree? The cotton used to make clothes and bedding grows on this tree?" Jiang Yuyu looked curious.

Cotton is not grown in the south, and this was the first time she saw cotton trees. "Exactly." Shen Yuhui replied, "When the cotton matures and spits out cotton in the fall, there will be a sea of ​​white here. It will be very spectacular."

She was delighted to see the cotton fields being cultivated so well and was truly happy for the people.

"Spitting cotton? Is cotton spitting out of those fruits? It's so magical." Jiang Yuyu said in a worldly manner.

The two slowed down their horses and talked as they walked along the trail through the cotton fields.

At this time, a team of bullock carts came towards me, and what they pulled on the cart was nothing else but baskets of snow-white cotton.

The uncle who drove the car had a deep frown on his face, his dark face full of sorrow, and he chatted angrily with each other.

"A penny a pound~~ Hehe, it's better to take it back and burn it as firewood."

"Isn't it? Watering, fertilizing, picking~~it's so hard to grow but it's so cheap."

"Last year's crop was not sold, and so much has been planted this year. Do we cotton farmers still have a way to survive?"

After listening to everyone's conversation, Shen Yuyu's expression darkened. He pulled the reins and turned over to dismount.

The bullock cart on the opposite side also stopped. The path was narrow and one party had to give way to pass. I thought it was because the two girls on the opposite side dismounted their horses and it was impossible to pass.

The uncle in the first bullock cart shouted to them.

"You two girls, just lead the horse and walk directly through the cotton field. It will be fine.'

Cotton is so cheap that I want to burn the cotton trees in the field. What does it matter if it is trampled by a horse?
It was also because the bullock cart couldn't get off. If it could, they would have given way.

"The cotton tree grows so well, what a pity it would be if it were trampled down? Let's just retreat." Shen Yuyu led the horse and said as he turned around.

The uncle sighed heavily.

"What's the pity? If the cotton hadn't been spitted out soon, we would have set it on fire and planted other crops. Alas."

It is said that, but the soil quality here cannot grow other crops, only cotton is the best and has the highest yield.

Unfortunately, too many have been planted, and the price has been getting lower every year in the past two years.

After turning around, Shen Yue and Jiang Yue led their horses back.

Shen Yuyu turned around with a smile and talked to the uncles.

"What a pity it is to burn it? It's not like cotton cannot be stored. It's not valuable this year, but it might be valuable next year.'

When she said this, she had been thinking about a question. Everyone needs to be clothed and covered with quilts. Why can't cotton be sold? This shouldn't be the case.

I really want to investigate this matter clearly and let the commercial banks all over the world find ways to open up the market for cotton so that cotton farmers can have a way to survive.

The uncles were all simple country men, and maybe they couldn't sell the cotton. They were so angry that they complained to two strange little girls.

"The year before last, it cost ten cents per catty, and everyone was reluctant to sell it. They wanted to stock up and wait for the price to rise, because before, they sold for twenty cents per catty."

“But who would have known that last year it dropped to five cents per pound, so I was even more reluctant to sell it, so I kept it for another year.

"This year is good, one penny per pound! This is going to force us cotton farmers to die, alas.

Speaking of sadness, several men had red eyes.

"This thing can't satisfy hunger. The family, old and young, may all starve to death before long."

Shen Yuyu felt sad after hearing that, and was about to make the decision for Tianxia Commercial Bank to purchase the cotton from these cotton farmers, when a woman hurriedly ran over.

"Quick, boss, go back to the village to sell cotton. There are several outsiders coming to the village to collect cotton. They cost three cents a pound."

This woman is also tanned and shiny. Planting cotton, picking cotton, and drying cotton are all done under the poisonous sun. Only the cotton farmers themselves know how much hardship they have endured and how much sweat they have shed.

The price of three cents per pound is not even enough for fertilizer.

But what can they do? Today they first went to the town and then to the county, but everywhere they were charged a penny a pound.

It was also with the idea of ​​burning it as firewood if it couldn't be sold, that's why I didn't sell it and drove the ox cart back.

I never thought that someone would take three pennies at this moment, which made everyone very happy.

If you store it there for fear of getting moldy and have to take it out to dry, you might as well sell it for rice so that you can feed the elderly and children at home.

The uncles driving the bullock carts waved their whips excitedly and rushed towards the village.

Without saying anything, Shen Yuyu and Jiang Yuyu winked, got on their horses, and went to the village together to ask for water.

She always felt that something was not right about this matter. Maybe there was a profiteer deliberately lowering the price without caring about the life and death of cotton farmers.

Ha~~ This kind of profiteer will definitely pay for everything.

(End of this chapter)